j-rye
Heartbeat Of The Lake
On our walk around the lake today, shortly after sunrise, this ripple ring in the ice caught my attention. With its pulsating nature, it looked to me like the heartbeat of the lake. Its action would alternate from a depression to a bulge at which point I captured this image.
The temps have been low enough to allow for some very thin ice to form near the shore. The lake was pretty calm, but the gentle wave action was pushing water under the ice layer which forced small pulses of water up through a hole in the ice layer. The center ring is the actual hole with the current pulse of water. The outer ring is the previous pulse flowing away from the hole.
We were on the shady side of the lake which made the light directional.
Heartbeat Of The Lake
On our walk around the lake today, shortly after sunrise, this ripple ring in the ice caught my attention. With its pulsating nature, it looked to me like the heartbeat of the lake. Its action would alternate from a depression to a bulge at which point I captured this image.
The temps have been low enough to allow for some very thin ice to form near the shore. The lake was pretty calm, but the gentle wave action was pushing water under the ice layer which forced small pulses of water up through a hole in the ice layer. The center ring is the actual hole with the current pulse of water. The outer ring is the previous pulse flowing away from the hole.
We were on the shady side of the lake which made the light directional.